Paedophiles and other sex criminals ‘will be castrated’ under new Government plans in UK

Paedophiles and rapists are set to be castrated under new Government plans in the UK. 

According to Mail Online, drugs can be used to dull urges and slash offences by nearly two-thirds, studied have shown. 

Now, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be looking at plans to roll the treatment out across 20 prisons in England and Wales, ahead of a nationwide programme.

She is reported to want to go further still and is exploring whether the UK could adopt chemical castration for sex criminals.

‘For too long, we have turned a blind eye to the threat s£x offenders pose, considering the solutions too difficult or unpalatable,’ a Government source told The Sun.

‘Shabana isn’t squeamish about doing what it takes to protect the public. ‘As always, she will grab this problem by the proverbials.’

The newspaper reports that plans for a small voluntary pilot have been rejected for not being tough enough.

Castration has already been used in some US states, including California, for offenders who have been released on parole. 

A poll in February found that more than two-thirds of voters under 30 believed sex offenders should be castrated.

The survey, by Find Out Now, recorded 67 per cent of them as being in favour of chemically castrating sex offenders and just 24 per cent opposed, reflecting the generation’s tough law-and-order attitude. 

Chemical castration is voluntary in Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark, and some s£x offenders actively seek it out.

The process includes taking two drugs, one to limit sexual thoughts and the other to reduce testosterone and limit libido.

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